Memory is an Animal which Barks with Various Mouths
2023
The film takes you through the interplay of the real and imaginable, the collective and personal and poses a question: How and why was the collective memory related to the Second World War manipulated? Public commemoration, the aggressive patriotic upbringing of children, the cult of victory formed a war-oriented identity and national narratives in Russia. In contrast, the individual memory about WWII among those who experienced it reflects on the violent and tragic side. Can this discrepancy between individual and collective memory be a loophole to break out of the nationalist narrative when remembering past events?
Specifications
2 channel film, sound, 15'26'', 32:9, English&Russian dialogs, English&German subtitles
installation, 16 hand-dyed fabrics 70x250cm, hand embroidery 80x300cm, carpets
2023
Written & Directed by Jeanna Kolesova
Editor, CGI, VFX, Colorist, Motion Capture, Voice Recording, Title Design, Subtitles — Jeanna Kolesova
Sound Design — Alina Anufrienko
Dialogue Editing — Vica Kravtsova
Characters Voices — Maxim Avdeev, Syanda Iaptik, Jeanna Kolesova, Gleb Kovalski, Vica Kravtsova, Kira Shmyreva
Translators — Tilman Fries, Vica Kravtsova
Awards
Film competition, 1st Place Award, Muenzberg Forum, 2023
Winner of Karl Hofer Scholarship, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, 2023
Exhibitions&Screenings
12/2023 Bridges of Remembrance, Museum des Kapitalismus, Berlin
01/2024 Screening, Art in Lov, Loviisa, FI
Memory is an Animal Which Barks with Various Mouths
2023
The film takes you through the interplay of the real and imaginable, the collective and personal and poses a question: How and why was the collective memory related to the Second World War manipulated? Public commemoration, the aggressive patriotic upbringing of children, the cult of victory formed a war-oriented identity and national narratives in Russia. In contrast, the individual memory about WWII among those who experienced it reflects on the violent and tragic side. Can this discrepancy between individual and collective memory be a loophole to break out of the nationalist narrative when remembering past events?
Specifications
2 channel film, sound, 15'26'', 32:9, English&Russian dialogs, English&German subtitles
installation, 16 hand-dyed fabrics 70x250cm, hand embroidery 80x300cm, carpets
2023
Written & Directed by Jeanna Kolesova
Editor, CGI, VFX, Colorist, Motion Capture, Voice Recording, Title Design, Subtitles — Jeanna Kolesova
Sound Design — Alina Anufrienko
Dialogue Editing — Vica Kravtsova
Characters Voices — Maxim Avdeev, Syanda Iaptik, Jeanna Kolesova, Gleb Kovalski, Vica Kravtsova, Kira Shmyreva
Translators — Tilman Fries, Vica Kravtsova
Awards
Film competition, 1st Place Award, Muenzberg Forum, 2023
Winner of Karl Hofer Scholarship, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, 2023
Exhibitions&Screenings
12/2023 Bridges of Remembrance, Museum des Kapitalismus, Berlin
01/2024 Screening, Art in Lov, Loviisa, FI